Nee Soon Single Member Constituency

Not to be confused with modern era Nee Soon Central SMC, another defunct ward that located only a portion of Nee Soon area where former opposition MP Cheo Chai Chen made his first debut there and won narrowly on his second attempt, or Nee Soon East SMC where the Workers' Party have been contesting twice since 2001 general elections in eastern part of Yishun as well as Nee Soon South SMC where the Singapore Democratic Party had lost narrowly on 1991 general elections where it covers Khatib MRT Station areas along with parts of Yio Chu Kang, only to absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC since then until prior to 2011 general elections where the former 3 wards forms the 3 of the 5 sub-divisions on the newly formed Nee Soon GRC (The other 2 wards were craved from the nearby Sembawang GRC.)

Nee Soon Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 義順單選區; Simplified Chinese: 义顺单选区) is a former Single Member Constituency in the northern area in Singapore that was created in 1959 general elections and ceased to exist prior to 1988 general elections.

Formation and Dissolution

Yishun is the Mandarin romanization of Nee Soon (Hence both names are interchangeable) is one of the rural area in the northern area in Singapore. In its inception on 1959, there were only 8,694 voters and it includes present day Ang Mo Kio town, as opposed to wards that were nearer to the present day City Business District such as Kreta Ayer that has 14,173 voters but the area was way smaller that this ward shows the population demographic in Singapore at that point of time.

Since Yishun New Town was only developed by late 1980s, similar to Tampines which explains the ward's boundary was rather stable with the exception of Ang Mo Kio portion of the ward starts to split away from the ward since 1976 general elections where Ang Mo Kio town starts to develop, this ward was finally dissolved prior to 1988 general elections where most of this ward goes to Nee Soon South SMC as the area is still relatively undeveloped consisting of Khatib and Yio Chu Kang near Yio Chu Kang MRT Station areas and the portion in Yishun central was created as Nee Soon Central SMC where former opposition MP Cheo Chai Chen made his first debut there. The remaining portion of this constituency was carved into 2 sub-division constituency of Chong Pang and Nee Soon East ward in Sembawang GRC with the lateral to be carved out of that GRC in 2001 general elections which since then the Workers' Party has been contesting there.

Members of Parliament

• Sheng Nam Chin (1959 - 1963)
• Chan Sun Wing (1963 - 1968)
• Ong Soo Chuan (1968 - 1980)
• Koh Lip Lin (1980 - 1988)

Constituency abolished (1988 – present)

Candidates and results

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1984: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lip Lin	18,444	74.24	N/A
	SUF	Quek Teow Chuan	6,401	25.76	N/A
Majority			12,043	48.48
Turnout			25,789	95.9
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Koh Lip Lin	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,817
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1976: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	Walkover
Majority
Turnout			16,143
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 1972: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	11,636	73.29	-18.06
	United National Front	Yap Fatt Shing	4,240	26.71	+26.71
Majority			7,396	46.58	-36.12
Turnout			16,279	95.4	+3.2
	PAP hold		Swing	-18.06

Elections in 1960s

General Election 1968: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Ong Soo Chuan	10,442	91.35	+56.58
	WP	Wong Hong Toy	989	8.65	+8.65
Majority			9,453	82.7	+82.7
Turnout			11,841	92.2	-3.9
	PAP gain from BS		Swing	+56.58

General Election 1963: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BS	Chan Sun Wing	4,914	51.33	+51.33
	PAP	How Kang Yong	3,329	34.77	-38.53
	UPP	Goh Soo Ming	864	9.02	+9.02
	SA	Yeo Teo Bok	364	3.80	+3.80
	Independent	Lim Siak Guan	103	1.08	+1.08
Majority			1,585	16.56	+16.56
Turnout			25,789	96.1	+0.2
	BS gain from PAP		Swing	-38.53

Elections in 1950s

General Election 1959: Nee Soon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Sheng Nam Chin	5,622	73.30	N/A
	SPA	Yap Chin Poh	1,476	19.24	N/A
	LSP	Yong Nyuk Khoon	572	7.46	N/A
Majority			4,146	54.06
Turnout			7,764	89.3
	PAP win (new seat)

See also

• Nee Soon Central SMC
• Nee Soon East SMC
• Nee Soon South SMC
• Nee Soon GRC

References

• 1984 GE's result
• 1980 GE's result
• 1976 GE's result
• 1972 GE's result
• 1968 GE's result
• 1963 GE's result
• 1959 GE's result
• Map of Nee Soon in 1955 GE (Within Sembawang ward)
• Map of Nee Soon in 1959 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1963 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1968 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1972 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1976 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1980 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1984 GE
• Map of Nee Soon in 1988 GE (Splitted into wards within Sembawang GRC, Nee Soon Central & South SMCs)